Read the following prompt:
Choose two favorite childhood books and describe how they influenced you.
Which option below is the most effective explanatory thesis for the prompt?
Both Charlotte's Web and The Incredible Journey portray animals in very human terms, but it was more believable that pets
could find their way home than spiders could spell.
My favorite books as a child were Charlotte's Web and The Incredible Journey. They taught me to persevere, especially
The Incredible Journey, because all of those animals had to fight to make it instead of one lying around while the other did
all the work.
Charlotte's Web and The Incredible Journey taught me that friendship and loyalty are all you need to survive in a
dangerous world.
I learned to love animals as individuals from Charlotte's Web and The Incredible Journey, although I read Charlotte's Web
less often because it is much sadder and more cynical.
